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How many water molecules will be removed to form a fat composed of 3 fatty acids and 1 glycerol molecule?

Three water molecules will be removed to form a triglyceride composed of three fatty acid chains and one glycerol molecule. One molecule of water is removed for each bond between a fatty acid and the glycerol molecule, for a total of three water molecules removed.


Triglycerides are composed of what?

1 glycerol molecule and 3 fatty acid molecules.


What 2 types of molecules are needed to form a fat molecule?

To form a molecule of fat, the two types of molecules that are needed are glycerol and fatty acid. One glycerol molecule attaching itself to three molecules of fatty acid will give one molecule of fat.


What is a triglyceride composed of?

One glycerol molecule joined to three fatty acids by ester linkages. answer here...


Is fat an element or a compound?

Fat is a fairly complicated compound: it is composed of a glycerin molecule with 3 fatty acid molecules attached. Each of the fatty acid molecules is composed of a carboxylic acid molecule and a hydrocarbon polymer molecule chain. The hydrocarbon polymer molecule chains can be of any length and either flexible or rigid. The hydrocarbon polymer molecule chains will likely be different in each of the 3 fatty acid molecules in a given fat molecule.


Are lipids a macro molecule?

Yes. It is composed of a molecule of glycerol chemically combined with two fatty acid molecules and a phosphate group.


What two types of molecules are needed to form a fat molecule?

I think it might be glycerol and fatty acids, according to my biology book.


Do molecules join to form fats in fatty acids?

Fatty acids are molecules composed of a hydrocarbon chain with a carboxylic acid group ( - COOH) at one end. The smallest molecule that could be called a fatty acid is acetic acid (CH3COOH which is the acid in vinegar) in which the hydrocarbon chain is only on carbon long (a methyl group - CH3). Fats are molecules composed of one to three (usually three) fatty acids bound by their carboxylic acid group to a glycerine molecule (see image above).


What is Triacylglycerol composed of?

A glycerol molecule and three fatty acid molecules.


How are fat molecules formed?

Fat molecules are made up of a molecule of glycerol and three molecules of fatty acids. The fatty acids each consist of a hydrocarbon chain with a carboxyl group at one end, while the glycerol molecule has three hydroxyl groups that interact with each carboxyl.


What molecules are attached to the glycerol molecule?

fatty acids


A fat molecule is composed of and three fatty acids?

GLYCEROL